Thursday 4 August 2016

The Rifles - Wall Around Your Heart




     1.    Who are the lads?

     The Rifles are an indie rock band from London, England. Playing together since 2004 they have recorded five albums. Wall Around Your Heart (July'16) is from The Rifles' fifth album Big Life (Aug'16).  

  
     2. What's have the chaps cooked up?

     Wall Around Your Heart opens with a delicious lead break and crackles with pent up energy juxtaposed with the soft vocals. A drum and vocal breakdown adds deliciously to the mix and we are done and dusted around the magical three and a half mark. Classic English indie guitar music. 


3. Who do The Rifles sound like? 

The Clash, The Jam and The Stone Roses.
   
   
4. What have the press said about Wall Around Your Heart?

“An instantly catchy pop song” – Music News.

     “A passionate cracker of a track” – Little Indie Blogs.

     “Luvin it lads” – You Tube Comments





   
     5. Which bands put the spark in The Rifles?

     The Rifles main influences are The Clash, The Libertines, Ash, Guns ‘N Roses and Van Morrison.


     6. Why should I give Wall Around Your Heart a whip around the ears?

     Wall Around Your Heart has elements of classic English punk meshed with more refined song-writing and production without losing essential vitality.


     7. Do The Rifles have any more good songs?

     Heebie Jeebies is the stand out banger flying along like a Ferrari on an empty highway. 


     8. Anything else?

     Big Life was produced by The Rifles’ regular producer Charles Rees (Paul Weller, The Strypes, Albert Hammond).



“I’m a liar if I say I’ve never been,
In a mess like this before”







    
     
     The Spitfires are an indie rock band from Watford, England. Started in 2012 and influenced by The Jam, The Clash, Arctic Monkeys, The Specials and The Smiths. On My Mind (July'16) rampages off their second album A Thousand Times (Aug'16) and is a rock pop tune that has been said to be "stunning with it's anthemic chorus and soaring melodies."



“I clearly care”











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